There are more things that can be recycled now in Grant County with single stream recycling. Everything goes together in the roll-off containers - it does not need to be sorted. Everything is taken to a recycling facility in El Paso to get sorted for recycling.

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You can recycle:

Cardboard boxes flattened

Phone books

Paperboard (cereal, snack and beverage boxes), milk and juice cartons

Newspaper, magazines, and books

Paper of all kinds, including colored paper, envelopes (even with glassine windows), and junk mail

Grant County has the following drop-off locations for all your recycling except glass:

Grant County Admin Bldg 1400 Hwy 180 E.

Tyrone

Pinos Altos behind the Buckhorn

Bayard City Maintenance Yard

Snell Middle School, Bayard

Tri-City landfill

Mimbres Transfer Station

Gila Transfer Station

Main Landfill 318 Ridge Road (also accepts glass)

The decorated roll-off containers were painted by kids at various schools around Grant County several years ago. They are labeled with names of recyclable items by the openings but now with single stream you can put anything in any opening. The openings are small to discourage people from putting bags of trash in the bins.

If you drop off glass at the landfill there is a special bin just for glass. Please do not put plastic or paper in this bin. The glass is crushed and used by Grant County for road construction.

For questions or problems call 388-8051.Learn more about how Silver City's recycled materials are handled by Friedman Recycling in El Paso: (insert Youtube video you recently added to the town recycling website)